The iPad pocket guide

242 Pages·2010·6.603 MB·English

by  Carlson, Jeff

iPad
The
PocketGuide
Jeff Carlson
Ginormous knowledge, pocket-sized.
The iPad
PocketGuide
Jeff Carlson
Ginormous knowledge, pocket-sized.
The iPad Pocket Guide
Jeff Carlson
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Copyright © 2010 by Jeff Carlson
Editor: Clifford Colby
Copyeditor: Liane Thomas
Production editor: Cory Borman
Compositor: Jeff Carlson
Indexer: Ann Rogers
Cover design: Peachpit Press
Cover photography: Jeff Carlson
Interior design: Peachpit Press
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ISBN-13: 978-0-321-71758-0
ISBN-10: 0-321-71758-9
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Printed and bound in the United States of America
For Kimberly and Ellie
Acknowledgments
As I get to the end of a book project, I become more like a hermit in a cave,
singularly focused on getting everything done on a tight time schedule. But
books can’t happen in isolation, and I was fortunate enough to have these
wonderful people just outside the cave entrance, waiting with positive words
and, on occasion, dessert.
This book exists because of the wonderful patience and encouragement from
my wife Kim and my daughter Ellie.
My editor Cliff Colby shepherded the project from the beginning, while Cory
Borman, Ann Rogers, and Liane Thomas put their amazing talents to work to
create a high quality fi nished product.
Several people at Apple helped with answers to my questions, including
Janette Barrios, Teresa Brewer, Keri Walker, and Khyati Shah.
My colleague Glenn Fleishman continues to be the best offi cemate, sounding
board, and friend a guy could have.
My other offi cemates Kim Ricketts and Jenny Gialenes give me a reason to
emerge from my home offi ce cubby and experience the world.
Adam Engst and, especially, Tonya Engst, were supremely patient and helpful
while I disappeared to fi nish this book.
Katie Lacey stepped up several times to take care of Ellie during crunch peri-
ods, and patiently let me ramble about esoteric iPad features without telling
me to go away.
I’d like to say I had the idea fi rst, but Scott Knaster inspired the caption on
Figure 6.15.
About Jeff Carlson
Jeff Carlson gave up an opportunity to intern at a design fi rm during college
because they really just wanted someone tall to play on their volleyball team.
In the intervening years, he’s been a designer and writer, authoring best-sell-
ing books on the Macintosh, Web design, video editing, and digital photogra-
phy. He’s currently a columnist for the Seattle Times, a senior editor of TidBITS
(www.tidbits.com), and consumes almost too much coffee—almost. Find
more information about him at jeffcarlson.com and neverenoughcoffee.com,
and follow him on Twitter at @jeffcarlson.
Contents
Chapter 1: Meet iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Power On and Set Up the iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Making the Case for MobileMe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
iPad Essentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Sleep and wake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Power off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Home screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Launch and run apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Debunking the Multitasking Myth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Change screen orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Adjust screen brightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Recharging the iPad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Multi-Touch Gestures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Tap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Touch and hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Drag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Flick and swipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Pinch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Rotate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Shake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Use Two Hands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Work with Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Type text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Select text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Cut, Copy, Paste, and Replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
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Sync with a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
If This Is Your First Sync. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Disconnect the iPad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Special sync options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Update the system software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Connect to the Internet Using Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Choose a Wi-Fi access point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Connect to a Wi-Fi network manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Use a Cellular Data Network with a Wi-Fi iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Disconnect from a Wi-Fi network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Turn off Wi-Fi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Connect to the Internet Using 3G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Activate 3G service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Measure your 3G data usage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Add or cancel 3G service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connect to Bluetooth Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Pair the iPad and the device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Forget the Bluetooth device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Search Using Spotlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 2: Getting and Using Apps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Find and Install Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
The App Store on the iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
The App Store within iTunes on a computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Run iPhone apps on the iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Update Apps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Remove Apps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
On the iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
In iTunes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Share Apps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Sharing Apps by Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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Set App Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Enable Push Notifi cations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Customize the Home Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
On the iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
In iTunes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Change the Home screen image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 3: Browse the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Access Web Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Open and read a new Web page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Reload or cancel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
View your browsing history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Safari and Flash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Open new pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Close pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Watch videos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Search the Web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Create and Organize Bookmarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Open a bookmarked page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Create a new bookmark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Edit a bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Add a Web page to the Home screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Share a page’s address via email. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Expand Safari’s Capabilities with Bookmarklets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
AutoFill Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Enable AutoFill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Store a new login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
AutoFill contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Maintain Web Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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Chapter 4: Communicate Using Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Set Up Mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Sync mail accounts from a computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Set up an account on the iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Read Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
View information about senders and recipients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Navigate accounts and mailboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Changes in Mail under iPhone OS 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Check for new mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
View fi le attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Compose Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Create a new message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Reply to a message or forward it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Manage Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Delete a message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Dealing with Email Spam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Move a message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Delete or move multiple messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Search for messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Other Text Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Chapter 5: View Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Getting Photos onto the iPad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Sync photos from the computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Just What Does Optimizing Do to Photos? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Make an Instant Photo Portfolio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Import photos from a camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Import photos from email . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Import photos from other apps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
View Photos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
View a photo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101